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Guide what your kids watch on TV

Posted:
02/25/2013 02:54:58 PM MST

Updated:
02/25/2013 02:55:48 PM MST

There's no shortage of research into how watching television -- in both amount and content -- affects children.

It's almost a given now that too much TV can be harmful to kids' psychological and physical development, and that children of all ages are exposed to too much violent and antisocial content. Parents have been urged for years to limit TV watching and particularly limit their kids' exposure to inappropriate content.

Now, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics offers evidence that getting your preschoolers to watch shows with prosocial content can lead to less aggression and better behavior.

That's good news, but the challenge for parents is finding educational shows for their kids to watch.

A study published in September in the Journal of Communications showed how difficult that can be.

The study, which looked at the 50 most popular shows for 2- to 11-year-olds, found that 92 percent of them contained both verbal and non-verbal forms of social aggression.

Taken together, the studies show that parents need to take a more active role in not only how much TV their kids watch but also what they watch. Children need their parents' guidance in all aspects of their growth and development. That should include what they're watching on television.

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